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Black Freight
03:32
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Black Freight (T. Green & R. Hughes)
(Schizo)
Maybe it's the cadence of the drums.
Maybe it's the cadence of the drums.
Maybe it's the cadence of the drums, make me feel we are one
make me feel it's something greater than the slums
hard for me to put it in words, it's innate
maneuver with such grace I gotta come from something great
black human freight with a cleared slate trying to make sense of it all
I don't know if i'm a black Hebrew, possibly
it make sense in the search of the truth, honestly
Think about it, could we be a cursed people?
Destined to be slaves. Begging to be saved.
I don't care what the rest of em say
Anyone can be turned. Put them in the right space with a burner
and what do you get? A bunch of wild pieces of...
With nothing to lose, and nothing to gain
all i'm saying, it's common sense
young heathen used to be prince
now he looking at the world through a barbwire fence
(Chorus)
Africa is my descent
and here i'm far from home
I dwell within a land that's meant
meant for many men not my tone
(Schizo)
Why My African brothers and sisters, stay tryna diss us
like we ain't got the same blood in us
and why we ashamed to be called them?
Ask yourself why you hate to be called dark skinned. We are kin.
Hate ya color, hate ya hair, hate yourself and your past
Hate ya nose, hate ya lips, & your attitude trash
We supposed to be the mothers of Earth
but we abort at 3x the rate of anyone else, what are we worth?
$350 ain't worth your soul.
Common said that. It's crazy how it don't get old
How many times fathers don't get told
Got no choice. Suck the life how you and they got no voice
You know you dead wrong.
(Chorus)
Africa is my descent
and here i'm far from him
I dwell within a land that's meant
meant for many men not my tone
(Ron Donson)
I was born a black baby to a black moms
from the mother of the earth from a rich land of worth
I embrace the culture I don't hate the culture
all my people do it is disgrace their culture
it's a damn shame but it is what it is
all I can do is drop jewels to the kids
all I can do is just show em how to live
and hope a 3 to 5 don't show em how to bid
cause its hard being black let alone wit felony
look in the mirror. see ya worst enemy
negative energy it flows thru the hood
it's never good why not do whatcha should
but you rather look cool, rather you a fool
you need an education I don't mean from a school
so I came back just to give you the tools
to make it out the jungle you gotta know the rules
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2. |
Mercy Me
03:30
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Mercy Me (T. Green & R. Hughes)
(Chorus)
whoa, mercy mercy me
Ah things ain't what they used to be, no no
Where did all the blue skies go?
Poison is the wind that blows from the north and south and east
(Schizo)
Try not to have a pessimistic outlook on the situation
It's like, if our youth is any indication
We may as well quit now, a crazy situation
cuz to be completely honest I ain't really got the patience
Chicago is a breeding ground for all the nations wasted
Pull the hammers out and blast without a hesitation
and all them aspirations, are sounding outrageous
Basic women having basic kids it ain't changing
As a girl I used to want to try and save the world
But as a woman i'm realizing isms are plural
Racism is the least of my concerns
when black women still afraid to be w/o a perm
No ring and multiple kids, settle for anything
Three generations in the hood, there are plenty things
worse than a white man, hatin on my skin color
Man look at these mexicans, they really support each other
All we do is kill each other, buy things we can't afford
we never create nothing, make babies and abort
What is really going on, where are all the blue skies
I don't even dream of them anymore to my surprise
What a pitiful fate, what a tragic demise
They don't want me to say it. They would rather me lie
So let's sweep it somewhere. Somewhere that we can hide
So we don't have to hold the mirror up to our eyes
(Chorus)
whoa, mercy mercy me
Ah things ain't what they used to be, no no
Where did all the blue skies go?
Poison is the wind that blows from the north and south and east
(Ron Donson)
Its gettin' so ridiculous the menacing and ignorance
Children lackin' innocence, colder than refrigerant
but im bolder. Imma soldier imma get it in ..
and imma give it to you straight like a shot of gin .
imma open up ya mind imma show u what is real
all you do is destroy imma show u how to build
imma show you what its like, to go beyond space and time.
to a place where ya mind evolves into a sacred shrine.
and even though I always been a loner
I been going thru a lot of changes now that i'm a grown up
my thoughts shine brighter than the colors in the spectrum
cutting pieces of ya brain dissecting it in sections
I've come from the essence from a alternate dimension
to present the evidence of new world deception
I hope you get the message, and understand the lessons
a blessing in disguise if you pay close attention
(Chorus)
Whoa, mercy mercy me
Ah things ain't what they used to be, no no
Where did all the blue skies go?
Poison is the wind that blows from the north and south and east
(Schizo)
After all is said and done we still here.
Probably be my last stand on my soap box for fear,
I'm wasting my breath. I bet it's fallen on deaf ears.
This been going on for years, so it's perfectly clear.
(Ron Donson)
Through the blood sweat and tears we still made it
hated and discriminated against but no longer intimidated
I gave you food i hope you ate it
leave ya brain stimulated so pass it on keep em educated
(Schizo)
It's gon take more than rhyming some words, I'm never disillusioned.
I don't know what I'm doing no longer willing to try
May be part of the problem as if I'm holding the gun
Couldn't say where to start. I don't know where to run
(Ron Donson)
I know you tired but you ain't the only one
we gotta work together just to make it out the slum
and way it is got me saying mercy me
like Marvin say things ain't what they used to be
(Chorus & Scratching)
Woo ah, mercy mercy me
Ah things ain't what they used to be, no no
Where did all the blue skies go?
Poison is the wind that blows from the north and south and east
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3. |
Soular Maximum
02:39
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Soular Maximum (R. Hughes)
(Ron Donson)
my composition shatter the competition assault and
batter the opposition and leave you splattered across kitchen
of course i'm gifted and i'm rather vicious wreaking havoc under all conditions
delete the fabric over all existence
it doesn't matter there are more dimensions that I travel to
gather data thats far beyond ya comprehension
I need a challenge no time for the talk and chatter
my mind is above the average its time to release the kraken
wit extreme information i'm feeding the population
receiving the calculations and easing em out the matrix
readin the constellations taken it to the max
relaying my observations breakin into the facts
In fact i've come back just for you people trapped
to show em how to act and the wisdom people lack
to show em that the evil lurks between the cracks
and how to travel back into the solar max
(Chorus)
Eclipse flare blind ya eyes
Pull the wool away from ya face,
you didn't even know to my surprise
you been deceived with lies.
And now you asking why.
And now you asking why.
And now you asking why.
(Ron Donson)
My rhetoric theoretic element depict evidence
of the devilish nemesis and predict prophetic-ness
always fit for excellence his eminence metaphysics
carries life like a surrogate I'm here to handle business
startin' from the genesis until the very finish
the ignorance get replenished within every lyric
i'm just a man wit wisdom
my measurements are causin cataclysms
you cant imagine how I'm havin visions
Crashin like a mass collision liven past provisions
never making rash decisions always asking questions
now I'm given answers i got a big advantage
its like i'm spittin cancer when my rhythm hits the canvas
i'll leave the bridges damaged & let disaster run
the world couldn't manage without my last appearance
then imma tear it up and imma rip the planet
disappear vanish back to the solar maximum
(Chorus)
Eclipse flare blind ya eyes
Pull the wool away from ya face,
you didn't even know to my surprise
you been deceived with lies.
And now you asking why.
And now you asking why.
And now you asking why.
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Dreamer
03:28
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Dreamer (T. Green)
(Schizo)
Uninspired like Aretha, natural woman I'm the keeper
of the flame, I am Nina, I am Tina, I'm Serena Im A Different World Lena.
I figured in a sense, that I'm in love with a legend but Im married to a prince, and I've
smoothed them rough edges of my journey ever since.
Forgot forgave and I have been behaving ever since.
And I have been here waiting ever since.
Hiatus from the traitors I been grinding like The Clipse.
How you satisfy the soul of an under achiever
who just wanna watch the sun rise and set in the evening.
Or maybe you don't even try to oblige the heathen.
Or maybe you just breathing is wiser than you believing.
A beautiful scene for breakfast. Dope rhyme with a message.
Living in the essence. Sacrifice to heavens.
Always be a dreamer. Forever be a dreamer, but I bet I spark the mind of a actual achiever.
A leader. And Pac taught me that and I believe him.
There gotta be some knowledge left in me than I can feed them.
I couldn't ever join 'em but I bet you I can beat 'em cuz a dreamer always realize a dreamer doesn't need 'em.
Bet it back, I can make it pay off like per diem.
Picture me inscribed on the walls of mausoleums.
And possibly In 50,000 years, if the earth is still here, they can you into a world of a dreamer
(Chorus) 2x
All I ever been was a dreamer
I don't need no money or no beamer
I am back. Will you come with me, huh?
I Came back. Will you come with me, huh?
(Schizo)
Goodbye to times i've wept. Hello to cousin of death
Numbers lie, people change like the faces of meth
I figured I could make a difference I was sleepin I guess
And I don't even feel a little guilty leaving this mess
Emotional at my worst, but i'm a dreamer at best
one thing about a dreamer never settle for less
Alway spreading my message. Through the drought & recession
Didn't stress the depression. Never question the weapon
life is precious
Seen the greatest fall from grace
Stumble right before the finish line the end of the race
couldn't ever be me. I would fall on my sword
Before I ever let this crazy world strip my awards
Cuz a dreamer always realize a dreamer doesn't need 'em
Picture me immortalized in poems that I read 'em
And possibly in 50,000 years if the Earth is still here, they will know I came back I didn't leave 'em
(Chorus) Repeat 4x
All I ever been was a dreamer
I don't need no money or no beamer
I am back. Will you come with me, huh?
I Came back. Will you come with me, huh?
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Reflections
03:36
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Reflections (T. Green & R. Hughes)
(Ron Donson)
I remember way back when I used to sell 8 by 10s
wit dreams of sittin in dat Maybach benz
but now that I'm more older I've more wiser
30 years old but my soul got Alzheimer's
I seen the sacrificing of my culture the vultures
spread propaganda thats disguised as a poster
I used to do a whole lotta nothin
drinking and drugging, bugging, on the road to destruction.
but from my transgressions came progression
I coulda been crushed by a fatal weapon but I'm touched wit a angels blessing.
now I'm savoring the flavor of victory
my melodies rip the beat no matter if its hip hop or symphony
I'm on a higher plane blending wit higher entities
and came back to spread the information they have given me
Imma make history you dudes ain't saying .. to me
while i instantly unravel unknown mysteries
you dudes ain't saying shit to me while I instantly unravel unknown mysteries
(Chorus) 2x
I reflect on my life until now
I reflect on how it used to really go down
I reflect like the mirror. And shine like the sun
I reflect on my life and how it used to be once, and...
(Schizo)
Should've could've would've the regrets of a slacker
If I could, I'd go back, like a maverick time traveler
heard "Git Up Git Out" (Get Something) and did nothing
10 stacks a year on college and didn't study
To sum it up, I was young and dumb without a care
I couldn't see past my 20s my 30s is like I'm here
student loans up the rear, Sally Mae is in my ear, no career
and to pay these loans off it'd be years
Only regret the fears. Only regret the time wasted
Goals of me graduating turned into me dream chasing
Didn't even finish that. Even that is seeming wasted
should've stuck with something. That is one thing that can't be debated
Something that I wanna say. Talkin is the only way
so I rap on, rap on word to Isaac Hayes
About a thousand ways I could think of time better time spent
wish I could get a gift that would pay the rent
(Chorus) 2x
I reflect on my life until now
I reflect on how it used to really go down
I reflect like the mirror. And shine like the sun
I reflect on how it used to be. How It used to be.
(Ron Donson)
Hindsight is 20/20
so looking back on my life I know I was a dummy
my days were never sunny
I was getting money living lovely
till I got hit wit a bid. Now I'm liven wit a bunkie
but I was lucky got my mind right and made a path..
A late bloomer, but they always say save the best for last
I remember when I was peddlin for extra cash
living on the ave I kept my stash in a separate bag
now i'm in a better class, mind on a different level
smokin on a L getting high off a cigarillo
thinking bout how I was a child up in a ghetto
and almost had my soul signed off to the devil
imma rebel who will never settle for less
I just kick incredible text thats ahead of the rest
I'm goin off like a space rocket wit great logic
and my third eye optic stay watchin
(Chorus) 2x
I reflect on my life until now
I reflect on how it used to really go down
I reflect like the mirror. And shine like the sun
I reflect on how it used to be. How It used to be.
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